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What's the Difference between Weather and Climate?

What's the Difference between Weather and Climate?

In this interactive and informative group activity, learners use packages of M&M's to illustrate the difference between weather and climate. Learner work in groups to sort and average the candies. They will discover the unpredictable fluctuations of weather and the long-term predictable average of climate.

Keywords:
NSDL, Reasoning and Proof, Average, Representation, Physics, Conducting Investigations, General, Earth System Science, Weather, Data Representation, Atmospheric Science, Data Analysis, Climate, Geoscience, Mathematics, Data Collection, M&M's, Gathering Data, General Science, Weather and Climate, Data Analysis and Probability, Trends, Candy, Rate, Education
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
June 9, 2019
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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No
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